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Mary and I
decided that it's

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important to give back
to the university.

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And so I became
involved with

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Michigan State and the
actuarial program.

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I saw lots of opportunity
for young students,

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for students at
Michigan State

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to become engaged in

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the actuarial
science program.

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As Sigmon Conference has

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always been a
way for us to

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connect basically the
world to mid Michigan.

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And now this is
a way for us to

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connect mid Michigan
to the outer world.

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Our future depends on

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the students
that they have

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the good opportunity to

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excel and do well in
their own career.

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Msu runs a very
efficient operation.

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They handle many of

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the logistic
details needed,

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and they support you
from start to finish.

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That gave us
the opportunity

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to come to the
Simon Conference.

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Defensive rating
is the estimate of

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a player's points allowed

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per 100 defensive
possessions.

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Sports analytics
club program.

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They're a national
organization

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and what they do is they

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connect young folks
underrepresented groups

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and to get them interested

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in stem via
sports analytics.

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Learning how to think

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quantitatively
is critical for

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actuarial science
and getting people

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started at a young
age is the best.

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As a teacher, I
understand the value of

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data analytics
and the value

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of data in our
day to day life.

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And students also
understand and they are

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applying for these courses

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and participating
in these programs.

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So I think that's one
of the motivation here.

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The program itself has

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many opportunities beyond
just making rates.

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And I wanted to make

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sure that the
students really saw

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this wide range of

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opportunities within
the actuarial science,

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within the
mathematics program.

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For somebody at the tail
end of their career.

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It was very, very
interesting to see some of

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the new and
upcoming leaders,

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the next generations of

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actuarial science
and data science.

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But I think the other
interesting thing about

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actuarial science
is you can

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go so many
different routes.

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The tools you use in
actuarial science

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can be applied to
data analytics,

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They can be applied
to sports analytics.

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They're all kind
of the same thing,

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just applied,
different fields.

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I've always been
interested in like

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the business and
finance area too.

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And so that's why like
actuarial science

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is because it kind
of blends your math,

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your stat, your
finance altogether.

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And it becomes
something that's

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really interesting
to me personally.

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Would encourage
folks to look

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at Michigan State
University,

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to come here, to
send your kids here.

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We don't limit
ourselves to

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one or two areas
of inquiry.

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I think what
differentiates us is

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this interdisciplinary
approach to science.

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Michigan State
is for everyone

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and specifically
it's for you.

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If you're watching
this video,

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please contact me.

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We want to know what
we should do for

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you in the next 10, 20, 30
years. Go green.